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And speaking of funk (see my previous post ...
The new @firelight_media @independentlens documentary "WE WANT THE FUNK!" premeired last night, April 8, and is now streaming on the @PBS app and PBS YouTube channel. Shout out to my girl/ professor/ commentator @fredara, and co-director @nicoleslondon 👏🏿
Reposted from pbs.org
About the Documentary
"WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's influences on both new wave and hip-hop."
"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His new Independent
#Funk #FunkMusic #IndependentLens #PBS #Documentary #BlackGirlFilmGeeks
